Recommended L2 switches for a new IXP

Jeff Tantsura jeff.tantsura at ericsson.com
Tue Jan 13 22:47:09 UTC 2015


Got you - artificially disabling 90% of the features otherwise supported
by the OS and using half baked HAL makes product SDN ready!
Sorry for the sarcasm, couldn¹t resist :)





Cheers,
Jeff



-----Original Message-----
From: Eduardo Schoedler <listas at esds.com.br>
Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 2:28 PM
To: "nanog at nanog.org" <nanog at nanog.org>
Subject: Re: Recommended L2 switches for a new IXP

>My mistake, it's the OCX1100.
>http://www.networkworld.com/article/2855056/sdn/juniper-unbundles-switch-h
>ardware-software.html
>
>2015-01-13 20:10 GMT-02:00 Jeff Tantsura <jeff.tantsura at ericsson.com>:
>
>> What does it mean -  to be SDN ready?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eduardo Schoedler <listas at esds.com.br>
>> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 3:25 AM
>> To: "nanog at nanog.org" <nanog at nanog.org>
>> Subject: Re: Recommended L2 switches for a new IXP
>>
>> >QFX5100 is SDN ready.
>> >
>> >--
>> >Eduardo Schoedler
>> >
>> >
>> >2015-01-13 6:29 GMT-02:00 Stepan Kucherenko <twh at megagroup.ru>:
>> >
>> >> Is there any particular reason you prefer EX4600 over QFX5100 ? Not
>> >> counting obvious differences like ports and upgrade options.
>> >>
>> >> It's the same chipset after all, and with all upgrades they have the
>> >> same 10G density (with breakouts). Is that because you can have more
>>40G
>> >> ports with EX4600 ?
>> >>
>> >> I'm still trying to find out if there are any noticeable software or
>> >> feature differences.
>> >>
>> >> On 13.01.2015 09:01, Mark Tinka wrote:
>> >> > On Monday, January 12, 2015 11:41:20 PM Tony Wicks wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> People seem to be avoiding recommending actual devices,
>> >> >> well I would recommend the Juniper EX4600 -
>> >> >>
>> >> >> http://www.juniper.net/us/en/products-services/switching/
>> >> >> ex-series/ex4600/
>> >> >>
>> >> >> They are affordable, highly scalable, stackable and run
>> >> >> JunOS.
>> >> >
>> >> > We've been quite happy with the EX4550, but the EX4600 is
>> >> > good too, particularly if you're coming from its younger
>> >> > brother.
>> >> >
>> >> > Mark.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Eduardo Schoedler
>>
>>
>
>
>-- 
>Eduardo Schoedler




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